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Who: Uraraka Ochako / OTA
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: The Marsiva
When: right now go go go

[So... is the whole stuffing-information-in-your-head somebody's Quirk? Because it's an especially scary one, if that's the case. Ochako can't help poking at the back of her neck, feeling for the augment, with an increasing level of alarm as she wanders through the ship she'd woken up in. The communicator gripped tightly in her hands has been all but useless, too- she's tried to call all the numbers she knows by heart, but they won't connect to anyone familiar. She really does appear to be alone in the middle of nowhere. And- okay, she's always liked space and the sky and stars and whatnot- sort of comes hand in hand with gravity control, she figures. But she didn't expect to ever go there. Certainly not without someone who knows what they're doing.

The communicator keeps flashing at her, though, so eventually she braves sending a message to the masses in the hopes of finding some familiar - or at least friendly - faces. Let's... try smiling...! Yes!]

So, um. That. Sure is a lot of space out there, haha!

I guess nobody out there's got a convenient Quirk that can send me home, huh?

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I'll try not to! But a pillow's no big deal, so this is fine.

What about you? Can people do anything like this where you're from?

Definitely not! [thoughtful pause] Well, human beings anyway. The elemental spirits I was telling you about, maybe they could hold something up with wind? Or just hold it. They're invisible to most people so it'd look like it was floating.

Oh, neat! You have invisible friends too, then. There's a girl at school back home who's Quirk is invisibility. All we see of her is her floating clothes!

Oh, her clothes are visible? That must make it tough if she's trying to sneak around. [so pure, so innocent, this guy]

That's not a problem at all! She just takes her clothes off.

[THE MOST CASUAL TONE EVER]

Does she! [so practical!!!] Sounds chilly. That's gotta be difficult for extreme cold temperatures...but I guess that's not the sort of thing that would come up often.

Seraphim have it easy, they can just imbue their clothes and possessions so they're invisible too.

Oh, hm. Doesn't that make it harder, too? I mean, people must bump into them a lot, if they can't tell that anyone's there.

[That sounds kind of inconvenient.]

Seraphim don't tend to gather in huge numbers in human cities. They don't need food or sleep, so most just wander around wherever they like.

Whoa... they really are spirits.

[So, so trippy. Even the most unusual Quirks still have a very human person attached to them.]

How come you know about them? You said most people... so does that mean you can see them?

Oh, yeah. Since I was raised by seraphim I developed resonance at a really young age, so I've seen them as long as I can remember. Though that'd be pretty weird, to be taken care of by invisible people!

Oh, that's so neat! So you get... "resonance"? By being around them? How long does that take?

...you know, I'm not sure! There might be factors, like how many seraphim are around, natural affinity and whether or not in your heart you want to see them, or even believe they exist. I think some people here on the fleet have started at least hearing my friend Mikleo within a few months- oh, and one kid can see another! So maybe just a few months then?

That's if you don't already have resonance too. You could!

[WELL. She just perks right up at the very idea. Practically bouncing on her heels.]

Oh! You mean some of your invisible friends are here?

Yup, a few! There's Mikleo, who was raised alongside me. And Dezel, they're both on the Huntress, like myself.

There's also Zaveid [who should not be a girl's first introduction to seraphim] who is. An odd duck, but a really wonderful person. [He just takes getting used to.

...though come to think of it, maybe Dezel shouldn't be her first introduction to seraphim either. He is likewise an odd duck, just in a completely different way.]

That's really cool! Maybe someday I could meet them too. I've never met an elemental spirit before.

[Invisible people are already pretty cool, but actual spirits? Heck.]

It's nice that you have friends from home here with you!

Oh- [gj sorey] I'm sorry, I've been going on about my friends from home...I guess you didn't show up with anybody, huh? I'm sorry to hear that.

Ah...

[WELL THANKS FOR THE REMINDER, MUCH APPRECIATED]

I-it's okay! I'm making new friends. I'm sure there's a lot of wonderful people here, too!

[well was she gonna forget or]

That's true. There's a lot of people here.

-hey, as soon as you can, you should come visit! I'm over on the Huntress. Or I can come to you, soon as you know which ship is yours. My friend Mikleo makes a pretty sweet ice cream cone!

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Oh, that sounds wonderful! I love ice cream. Well, okay, all sweets I guess.

I'll let you know when I find out which ship I'm on!

Sure thing, looking forward to hearing from you! Good luck with those questions.